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SvennoJ on 17 December 2025
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Six Palestinians rescued after war-damaged home collapses in Gaza’s Shati camp

The Palestinian Civil Defence says its crews have rescued six people, including two children, after a family home collapsed in Gaza City’s Shati refugee camp.



Translation: Civil Defence in Gaza: We were able to rescue 6 people, including two children, from the (Dababesh) family, after the roof of their house collapsed in the Shati camp, west of Gaza City.

Save the Children unable to bring own supplies into Gaza

The UK-based humanitarian organisation Save the Children says it has not been able to bring its own aid supplies into Gaza since March, when Israel imposed a total blockade on the Strip.

Despite a ceasefire having entered into effect on October 10, Israel has largely continued to block aid, including tents, blankets and other shelter supplies, as storms ravage the enclave.

Only a trickle of aid supplies has been let through via the United Nations, but this amount is insufficient to provide the people of Gaza “with the basic, fundamental needs”, Shurouq, Save the Children’s Gaza media manager, told Al Jazeera.

The aid worker, whose surname has been withheld for security reasons, said Palestinians were “in desperate need to find a [place] to shelter”. The organisation provided locally procured shelter items, but “this is a drop in the ocean of needs,” Shurouq said.


Khan Younis mayor describes dire humanitarian situation in Gaza’s southern city

Alaa al-Batta, the mayor of Khan Younis, has spoken to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic about the dire humanitarian situation in the southern Gaza city:

Here are his translated comments:

  • More than 20 homes in the city were destroyed due to the storm and rain.
  • No aid has entered recently, which has exacerbated the suffering of displaced people.
  • The recent rainstorm has led to the deaths of 20 Palestinians.
  • I appeal to mediators to intervene and enable the entry of machinery and equipment to help with relief efforts.


More than 100 buildings partially or fully collapsed in Gaza during recent storm: Civil Defence

Palestinian Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal has said at least 17 residential buildings have completely and 90 partially collapsed since the heavy rains and high winds lashed the enclave.

Winter rains also flooded 90 percent of tents in the war-torn enclave, leaving thousands of families without shelter, the spokesperson said in a statement.

Civil Defence teams received more than 5,000 calls for help from citizens since the storms began affecting the Gaza Strip last week.

At least 17 people died from the cold, including four children, while dozens of others died as a result of buildings collapsing, he said.

If this happened in any other part of the world, it would be covered as a major disaster, instead totally ignored.